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Issue: Vol. 4178 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.3
Page range: 79–96
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of the genus Aztecatopse Haenni & Huerta from Mexico (Diptera, Scatopsidae)

Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos (InDRE), Francisco P. Miranda #177, Unidad Lomas de Plateros, Del. A. Obregón, México, D.F. 01480 (Mexico).
Muséum d’histoire naturelle Rue des Terreaux 14 CH-2000 Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Diptera new taxa key Mexico

Abstract

Four new species of the recently described genus Aztecatopse Haenni & Huerta are described from Mexico. Three of them, Aztecatopse amorimi sp. nov., A. foliosa sp. nov. and A. spinosa sp. nov. occur sympatrically with the type-species of the genus in central region (state of Mexico), while A. neotropica sp. nov. has been collected in states of Guerrero, Jalisco and Morelos. A key to the males of all known species of the genus is provided.

 

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